After a year without playing, I’ve finally gotten The Sims 2 to run again, thanks to a handy-dandy no-cd patch. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about it and reading about it over the many past months, but getting to any serious consideration of the game takes careful digging. This article describes a study in which students were asked to play The Sims 2 to see if there is measure by which gameplay can function as an extension of personality, the hypothesis being that perhaps the game could be used as a clinical tool for psychologists. There are definitely some shortcomings to the study, but I’m curious to know if anyone else has picked up where this left off. As the author suggest, it would be interesting to study how “people who have a strong need for control over their lives and social decisions (e.g. choosing which restaurant to go to with a group of friends) may play differently than those who do not have a strong need for control, and locus of control should also be studied”.
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Self-Portrayal in a Simulated Life: Projecting Personality and Values in The Sims 2
things i want to do during my week off:
- listen to shooter jennings’ new album, black ribbons.
- play the sims 2 compulsively.
- see alice in wonderland in imax 3d.
- cohost the CJLO morning show.
- DJ at CJLO’s punk night.
- sleep in.
- have a nice big sunday breakfast.
things i should do during my week off:
- continue manually stripping the kitchen floor.
- put a bunch of stuff on craigslist.
- finally settle on a wireless usb stick/new modem.
- either fix my broken dvd burner(s), or buy a new one.
- work on 2 posters, one magazine layout, one ballot layout and one print ad.
things i will probably end up doing during my week off:
- play the sims 3, wishing it was sims 2.
- cohost the CJLO morning show.
- DJ at CJLO’s punk night.
- sleep in.
- grudgingly work on 2 posters, one magazine layout, one ballot layout and one print ad.
- have a nice big sunday breakfast.
